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  • Bangladeshi Americans Mohammed Chishti-Shipu, in panjabi, and his wife Cherry, in salwar kameez, beside the red wood paneled wall of their new home.

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    Mohammed and Cherry Chishti-Shipu Pose Outside

    Mohammed Chisti-Shipu and his wife, Cherry, pose outside of their home in Queens, New York, in 2017.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • A graph that displays the top ten U.S. metropolitan areas of Bangladeshi population in descending order from largest to smallest.

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    Top Ten US Metropolitan Areas of Bangladeshi Population

    The top ten US metropolitan areas by Bangladeshi population, in 2019. (Source: Pew Research Center)

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • A graph that displays the growth of the Bangladeshi population in the U.S. between 2000 and 2023.

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    Graph of the Growth of the Bangladeshi Population in the US

    The growth of the Bangladeshi population in the United States from 2000 to 2023, including both immigrants as well as those born in the US. (Source: Pew Research Center)

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • A sign with concrete footings placed on a lawn that reads "Welcome to Banglatown". Images of a Bengali flag and an American flag are next to the text.

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    Welcome to Banglatown Sign

    A sign welcomes visitors to Banglatown, a Bangladeshi American neighborhood in Michigan straddling the Detroit/Hamtramck border.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • Iam Tongi leans against a white house posed to play his guitar. His contemplative expression shows a slight closed-mouth smile.

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    Portrait of Iam Tongi

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 5
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  • Auli'i Cravalho poses against a Hawaiian backdrop. She wears a light-blue, tulle gown with embroidered pink flowers and green leafy stems.

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    Auli’i Cravalho Attends the “Moana 2” UK Premiere

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  • Olivia Rodrigo sings into a microphone. She wears a black two-piece under a mesh chain-mail dress.

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    Olivia Rodrigo Singing at a Concert

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 5
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  • Headshot of Charlie Bushnell. A raised vertical scar trails from the corner of his right eye.

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    Portrait of Charlie Bushnell

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  • Lola Tung poses in a purple halter dress.

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    Lola Tung attends the Gold House Gala

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  • Havana Rose Lui holds a top handle bag. She wears a gray suit, white top, and tie. A raven design shows across the sleeve and front of the jacket.

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    Havana Rose Lui attends New York Fashion Week

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  • Co-business owner Rushanee Suksod, smiling proudly in a striped shirt, stands by front door of her Thai restaurant Tawan with the open sign displayed.

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    Module 2: New Homes and Returns

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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    Thai Americans
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  • Two food service workers, masked and with hair coverings, prepare skewered meat on grill in outdoor tent. Beside them are more food vendors in tents.

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    Module 3: Places and Spaces

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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    Thai Americans
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    Module 4: Unity and Division

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

    Chapter:

    Thai Americans
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  • A group of colorfully dressed people crouch and stand near crosswalk. They surround a green street sign reading "Little Thailand Way" in white font.

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    Module 5: Belonging and Building Community

    Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk

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    Thai Americans
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    Module 2: Education for Liberation: Asian Americans and Third World Studies

    Diane C. Fujino

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    Asian American Activism
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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    Module 3: Housing as a Fundamental Human Right Part I: The Price of Gentrification

    Katherine H. Lee

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    Asian American Activism
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  • I-Hotel supporters link arms to form barricade outside hotel. Above them hangs a banner with partially obscured text reading "No Eviction!"

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    Module 4: Housing as a Fundamental Human Right Part II: Save the International Hotel

    Katherine H. Lee

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    Asian American Activism
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    Module 5: Labor Organizing: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA)

    Diane C. Fujino

    Chapter:

    Asian American Activism
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  • White American couple are seated in portrait studio with their children. Their three daughters stand behind them, while the mother holds young son, an adopted Korean boy.

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    Module 3: Adoptees

    Kimberly McKee

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    Korean Americans
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